And the winner is … Matt

Well, that contest was fun. Not as simple as I’d hoped because nobody saw the 7-0 score coming. I figured we’d have multiple entries with the correct score and then we’d go to the tiebreaker.

But since nobody had the correct score, we went to the first tiebreaker: GWG. Well, 47 people picked Marian Gaborik. So then we went to the third tiebreaker: Rangers’ shots.

Three people, including a possible imposter, had the Rangers with 28, the correct answer.

So we had to go to the final tiebreaker, Leaves’ shots, and if that was still tied, then Sally would have won (see fine print in the rules).

But Matt was closest of the three to the Leaves’ shots, so he is hereby declared the winner of the two tickets for the game against the Kings.

Matt, I need you to e-mail me at rcarpini@lohud.com.

Thanks for the overwhelming response, and thanks for playing. Our Bonehead ticket donor has another pair up for grabs, so we’ll do this again in the near future. (and this time we’ll pray for a more normal final score).

Hah! (from end of previous thread). Only our friend Tony in AZ could enter the contest the day after the game is played and still get the first tiebreaker wrong! He did have the final score, so he would win … you know, if he hadn’t entered 18 hours after the deadline.

His cap hit will remain so long as he is on the active roster. They would have to make a decision on him at the beginning of next season if he doesn’t retire. Once a player comes off the LTIR list, his cap his goes back into effect for the remainder of the season. (prorated as well)

The LTI list may actually NOT relieve them of salary. They are allowed to replace that player, so long as the new players salary does not exceed the player they are replacing. These by-laws are confusing.

Yes, retirement is the only way it comes off completely. If they buy him out, the cap hit would be adjusted, but still remain, as well it would still remain if he stays on the LTI list. His contract is insured, he’ll still get paid, so it’s interesting to see what happens.

I believe LTIR is on a per season basis. Boogaard’s cap hit will come back in the summer and they will have to place him on LTIR again if he can’t play. They can also waive him and send him to Hartford for the cap hit to disappear. Alternatively, he can retire and the cap hit also disappears in that scenario as well.

great job by Torts benching Gaborik the previous game. Torts has done a real good job of pressing the right buttons to get the most out of guys. But, Gaborik has to deliver in close games against better teams. That would be more important to the Rangers than him padding his stats vs poor teams like he has done this year.

NYR, that’s what I was looking for. In other words, can he permanently be on LTIR for the remainder of his contract and have the number come off the books?

Ross, yes the rules said that, and whomever wrote the rules is the jerk. But the intent and spirit of the rule was the winner would be the closest to the actual number, and that if that tie had to be broken — if one had 27 and the other had 29 and the actual shots total was 28, 27 would win because he didn’t go over. See? Is that clear to everybody? I don’t want any controversy.

And LTIR does not remove the cap hit, only allows for a replacement player to be added with equal or less salary.

It’s essentially a substitution of sorts. It allows a team to go over the cap the amount of the injured players salary until that player returns, then the team would have to immediately get back under the cap.

The Rangers always spend to the cap anyway so LTIR for Boogie will allow the NYR to add a player @ $1.625m per or below. Whereas, waivers and a stay in Reddenville would remove the cap hit altogether and allow the Rangers to spend freely.

He’s quietly accepted a diminished role under Torts. He (Torts) talked about talking to Drury about how they want to get younger ,and Drury has to accept different responsibilities. Drury is not going to score 20 goals playing 4th line minutes and penalty killing. Yes he makes a ton of money, and it’s a huge cap hit/waste and this point. But Drury cares, and would/will do anything for this team.

He’s our leader ( with the ‘C’ on the jersey anyway ) until he hangs up the skates. This is the direction under Torts.

The player on LTIR can not be sent down. If Boogaard remains on LTIR for the next three years, his cap hit continues to count, but, as previously stated can be used for a replacement player to go over the cap, so yes, it helps somewhat. The problem is, the moment he is declared fit to play by doctors, the cap has be down. At that moment they can send him to AHL. So, yes, if he retires, his cap is off fully, if he stays on LTIR, it’s still very helpful.

Carp:
“Roe, congrats! I wish I had seen you at MSG last night. You are a good wife already.”

Carp- I was looking for you! Didn’t see you in the press box, or I would’ve dropped by to say hi!

GOALS for GAB-orik:
“Roe,
Great choice to bring the future hubby to MSG. That man will love you forever, and so will we!
My wife had a Rangers garter as her ‘something blue’at our wedding. True story. I wanted to marry her all over again!”

Gab- that’s awesome. I would totally do that, I will have to look into where to get one. If you think that he’ll love me forever just for the pictures, I also cabbed it over to the NHL store on Tuesday to get us both new Heritage jerseys. (Though that was as much for me as it was for him!)

Tiki and all the rest- thank you! We’ve had a lot of fun with the planning process, not taking anything too seriously, and focusing on the things we love, like the Rangers. If we’re going to do this, we’re going to do it right!

Rod- Todd White is too valuable for our AHL team, hence he is staying there. They need fourth line center too. In fact, the way it’s been going lately, it’s not unreasonable to expect Ken Gernander in the lineup very soon down in Hartford again.

Lev, did you post as Lev and as Lev_Rangers? Or are there two levs who both had 28 shots for the Rangers?

Ross did you have Gaborik and 28 shots for the Rangers? Because only those who had both of those tiebreakers were still alive going to the final tiebreaker.

Is it me, or weren’t these tiebreakers fairly simple?

Hedberg, Feb. 1, he hopes.

Doodie, I’m not in the box until gametime. But if I know you’re there during warmups I’ll go stand behind the box as I have for Tony and ilb and CCCP and so many others. That goes for you, too, Tiki and Gab. Let me know if you’ll be there for warmups.

if no one picked the right score it should have been who is closest to the right score and has the correct outcome, i.e. if you had the rangers winning that’s the first step, then it’s the difference of goals for each side, so in my case i had rangers win 6-0, so i should be -1. 5-2 would be -4, because 5 was 2 off of 7 and 2 was 2 off of 0. it’s not fair that someone who was so off wins the tickets.

I was not one of them but how do you not give a prize to the one who picked a Rangers 7-1 victory?!! That takes guts to predict a 7 goal game and then it actually is one. That’s the closest prediction and isn’t that what we were doing? Predicting the game?